
Of Monsters: A Speculative Podcast with Nicole Shawan Junior
Of Monsters: A Speculative Podcast with Nicole Shawan Junior is a series of intimate conversations about the passageways, portals, and personal journeys traversed by real-life speculative fiction masterminds and the characters they pen.
Podcasting since 2025 • 6 episodes
Of Monsters: A Speculative Podcast with Nicole Shawan Junior
Latest Episodes
DJ Ben Ha Meen: Of Third Ward & the World
In episode six, Nicole chops it up with DJ Ben Ha Meen. DJ Ben Ha Meen is a native of Third Ward, Texas. He is an alumnus of Howard University, where he studied film and television. Ben Ha Meen is the co-creator of the graphic novel Jimi Hendri...
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Episode 6
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Erika T. Wurth: Of Creepy Dolls, Culture, & Craft
In episode five, Nicole chats with Erika T. Wurth. Erika's novel, WHITE HORSE, is a New York Times Editors Pick, a Good Morning America Buzz Pick, an Indie Next List Book of the Month, and a Target Book of the Month. She is both a Keny...
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Episode 5
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Silvia Park: Of Robots, Fascism, & Future Representation
In episode four, Nicole chats with Luminous author Silvia Park. Silvia grew up in Seoul and split their time between Korea and America. They received a BA from Columbia and MFA from NYU, in addition to completing the Clarion Workshop i...
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José Pablo Iriarte: Of Miami, Art, & Craft
In episode three, Nicole kicks the Willie with José Pablo Iriarte, a nonbinary Cuban-American writer, high school math teacher, and parent of two. Their fiction has been finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Locus and Sturgeon Awards, longlisted for t...
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